I call BS on this.. Looking from a personal perspective, I bought my first mac myself when I was 13... iBook 500 g3.. set me back $1800.
I'm currently the owner of a Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz MacBook Pro. I'm a 19 year old college student. My two 18 year old roomates have macbooks; one has a white one, one a black. My brother (16) has an iBook g4, as does his roomate, my cousin. One of my other cousins (14) has a black macbook.
Looking at sales figures, my school, which has educational purchase partnerships with dell and apple, is currently selling 50% dells and 50% apples to students (Waaay up from the 75/25 split it has been closer to for previous years).
And, subjectively, I'm seeing more and more macs amongst my peers. Apple's sales figures recently support this. It wasn't long ago when apple was having a tough time selling a million macs in a year. They're now well over that (1.6 or so million) in a QUARTER.
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I call BS on this.. Looking from a personal perspective, I bought my first mac myself when I was 13... iBook 500 g3.. set me back $1800.
I'm currently the owner of a Core 2 Duo 2.33GHz MacBook Pro. I'm a 19 year old college student. My two 18 year old roomates have macbooks; one has a white one, one a black. My brother (16) has an iBook g4, as does his roomate, my cousin. One of my other cousins (14) has a black macbook.
Looking at sales figures, my school, which has educational purchase partnerships with dell and apple, is currently selling 50% dells and 50% apples to students (Waaay up from the 75/25 split it has been closer to for previous years).
And, subjectively, I'm seeing more and more macs amongst my peers. Apple's sales figures recently support this. It wasn't long ago when apple was having a tough time selling a million macs in a year. They're now well over that (1.6 or so million) in a QUARTER.